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Sportscaster Joe Castellano talks to a variety of sports figures from around the country about the latest news. These in-depth conversations take you inside the personalities of the people involved in the sports we love to watch, listen and read about.
Kerith Burke from NBC Sports Bay Area joins us to chat about game one of the NBA Playoffs series between the Warriors and Grizzlies. We also learn about her career prior to coming to the Bay Area.
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Bob Fishman is retiring after 40 years of directing the Final Four for CBS Sports. Bob had a dramatic final show in New Orleans and he describes his emotions directing his last game and reminisces about his 50-year career at CBS Sports. We discuss his relationship with producers and the technical crew as well as announcers. And, Bob gives us a personal Coach K story.
Kevin Kugler just finished calling first and second round NCAA tournament games in Fort Worth, Texas and he joins TheSportsVirus Podcast to chat about his broadcasts and what goes into calling four games in one day. He also discusses the challenges of doing radio vs. television (he also does NFL games on FOX) and explains how he got started as an announcer.
Josh Towers pitched for eight seasons in the Major Leagues with the Orioles, Blue Jays and Yankees from 2001-2009. Today he gives his thoughts on the new MLB labor deal and reminisces about his career. We discuss how it works for young players vs. veteran players. Josh also gives his thoughts about how starting pitchers are being
developed and we go down memory lane to hear great stories from when he played. Towers has strong opinions about baseball’s steroids era too. Plus, we learn about a 
Larry Krueger was a talk show host at KNBR radio in San Francisco over the last two decades and he joins us to chat about his departure from the station, his career plan and the Bay Area teams. Larry has plenty of opinions that we have enjoyed listening to on KNBR in all of his different roles at the station for many years. Now he is excited about moving on to a new chapter in his career and he gives us a little insight into his future endeavors. Larry also shares his thoughts about the 49ers’ situation as they get ready to trade Jimmy Garoppolo and sign free agents, the state of a Warriors team that has struggled lately and the Major League Baseball lockout. Although a baseball agreement was reached shortly after this podcast was recorded, Krueger lays out several reasons why the sport is in trouble.
Former KNBR talk show host Ray Woodson has a lot to say about MLB’s contract squabble on this week’s podcast. He also sizes up why the Warriors are in a slump and tells us what he thinks of Trey Lance taking over as the 49ers’ starting quarterback. Plus, after two firings at his former employer last week, we discuss the moves by KNBR and what makes the radio talk show business so unstable.
Longtime LA Times Sports TV-Radio columnist Larry Stewart talks about his new book 
Long-time San Francisco columnist Scott Ostler helps us review the Rams win over the Bengals in the Super Bowl. We also go in-depth to discuss the 49ers’ QB situation and the Warriors season. When it comes to baseball, Scott explains why he likes the DH coming to the National League and why he voted for Barry Bonds to be a Hall of Famer.
Rich Gannon won the NFL MVP in 2002 and led the Raiders to the Super Bowl. On this week’s podcast he takes us inside a quarterback’s mindset heading into the big game and reminisces about his 18-season career.
Network statisticians Ethan Cooperson (CBS) and Ed Sfida (FOX) have the best seat in the house every Sunday as they provide NFL stats and information for Jim Nantz and Joe Buck. After the AFC and NFC Championship
games they both joined us for detailed conversations about why the Rams and Bengals advanced to the Super Bowl.